- 1995 Paris Metro bombing
The 1995 bombings in France were carried out by the
Armed Islamic Group (GIA), who were broadening theAlgerian Civil War to France. In total, these attacks killed eight and injured more than 100. The first stage of the extension of theIslamist s'terrorist campaign to France began with the assassination ofAbdelbaki Sahraoui , a co-founder of theIslamic Salvation Front (FIS) who opposed the extension to France of the Algerian Civil War "Rachid Ramda jugé pour l'ultime procès des attentats de 1995," in "Libération ",October 1 st, 2007 [http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/reuters/reuters_france/281817.FR.php read on-line] fr icon] .Three bombings
On
July 25 ,1995 , a gas bottle exploded in the Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame station of line B of theRER (Paris regional train network). Eight were killed and 80 wounded.On
August 17 , a bomb at theArc de Triomphe wounded 17 people. OnAugust 26 , a huge bomb was found on therailroad tracks of a high-speed rail line nearLyon . OnSeptember 3 , a bomb malfunctioned in a square in Paris, wounding 4. OnSeptember 7 , acar bomb at aJewish school in Lyon wounded 14.A leader of the group,
Khaled Kelkal , was identified through fingerprints left on unexploded bombs. He was killed onSeptember 29 by members of the FrenchEPIGN gendarmerie unit when resisting arrest in hills near Lyon.Yet the attacks continued. On
October 6 , a gas bottle exploded in station "Maison Blanche" of theParis Métro , wounding 13. OnOctober 17 , a gas bottle exploded between theMusée d'Orsay and Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame stations of RER Line C, wounding 29.Arrests and trials
Members of the groups have since been prosecuted for various charges. A number of suspects have fled to the
United Kingdom .Extradition proceedings against suspectRachid Ramda had been ongoing for nearly 10 years, beginning in 1995. Throughout this time, Ramda was detained in London'sBelmarsh Prison Terrorism and the law: The non-trial "The Economist" Oct 20th 2005 Ramda was extradited to France onDecember 1 2005 , in connection with the bombings. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4489626.stm UK sends back Metro bomb accused] ,BBC ,December 1 st, 2005 en icon] . OnOctober 26 ,2007 , Ramda was sentenced to life in prison for financing the attacks. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/26/AR2007102601425.html French court convicts Algerian of Paris bombings] ]According to the
FBI terrorism consultantEvan Kohlmann , parts of the money used to finance the bombings came from people connected to theBrandbergen Mosque inHaninge ,Sweden . [cite news|first=Claes|last=Petersson|title=Terrorbas i Sverige|url=http://aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,672257,00.html|publisher=Aftonbladet |language=Swedish|date=2005-07-13|accessdate=2007-03-03]See also
*
Boualem Bensaid
*Khaled Kelkal
*Rachid Ramda
*Djamel Zitouni References
External links
* Naima Bouteldja, "
The Guardian ",September 8 ,2005 , [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1564933,00.html "Who really bombed Paris?"]
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